The week in TV: Just Act Normal; The Last of Us; The Stolen Girl; Government Cheese – review

Three home-alone siblings make for an unexpected coming-of-age gem; buckle up for season two of the mushroom apocalypse; a daft, glossy thriller is pure mini-break noir. Plus, a surreal comedy drama with shades of Wes AndersonJust Act Normal (BBC Three) | iPlayerThe Last of Us (Sky Atlantic) |(Sky/Now) The Stolen Girl (Disney +) Government Cheese (Apple TV+)Do not miss Janice Okoh’s Just Act Normal on BBC Three. Its six episodes are adapted from Okoh’s Bruntwood award-winning 2013 stage play Three Birds, originally starring Michaela Coel. I was steeled for bleakness because of the usual trajectory of stories such as this: three home-alone minors in a Birmingham tower block flat whose drug-addicted mother is no longer around scrabble to evade being sucked into the care system. Continue reading...

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